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Veterans Affairs' nursing homes have better staff-to-resident ratio: Opposing view Correction & clarification: A previous version of this opposing view misstated Peter O’Rourke’s title. He is acting secretary of Veterans Affairs. USA TODAY’s misleading Sunday article, “Secret VA nursing home ratings hide poor quality care from the public,” is a prime example of why the phrase “fake news” has gained such prominence. Let’s start with the headline. The VA publicly released these nursing home ratings on June 12. Calling them “secret” is false and irresponsible. So is this paper’s focus on a single, cherry-picked sub-metric — rather than overall rankings — to paint a misleading picture of how our facilities actually compare with the private sector. Here are the facts: This is the first year the Department of Veterans Affairs has compiled ratings for our nursing homes using the Centers for Medicare … [Read more...] about VA: USA TODAY’s article is misleading

Corrections & Clarifications: A previous version of this article did not include USA TODAY coverage of the December 2015 terror attack in London. USA TODAY reported on 59 of the 78 terrorist attacks the White House released after President Trump said the "very dishonest press doesn’t want to report it." All the attacks that went unreported either involved non-fatal terrorist episodes or two or fewer deaths. USA TODAY What's wrong with terror coverage: Our view USA TODAY Media covered most of 78 terror attacks Trump said 'not even being reported' Here is the full list from the White House as released (including misspelling of attacker), and links to stories USA TODAY posted on each event. TIMELINE: September, 2014 - December, 2016 MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA Australian police shoot terrorist suspect dead Australian counter-terror police raids in Melbourne TIZI OUZOU, ALGERIA Jihadist video claims beheading of French hostage Algeria: … [Read more...] about Unreported terror attacks? Here are more than 200 articles on USA TODAY covering White House’s list

HANOVER, Germany — Der Spiegel has announced that it will press charges against a former star reporter accused of systemically faking interviews and articles, in what might be the biggest journalism scandal in Germany since another newsmagazine published fake Hitler diaries 35 years ago. The announcement came as the United States ambassador waded into the scandal by accusing the newsmagazine of anti-American bias and calling for an independent audit. Richard Grenell, the American ambassador to Germany, wrote a letter to Der Spiegel on Friday that appeared to try to tie the fraud committed by the reporter, Claas Relotius, 33, to the newsmagazine’s editorial methods. Some of the most notable articles that Mr. Relotius admitted faking are set in the United States, such as a profiles of a religious activist who travels the country to witness executions, anti-immigrant militiamen in Arizona and a town of Trump supporters in Minnesota. “These fake news stories largely … [Read more...] about Der Spiegel to Press Charges Against Reporter Who Made Up Articles

What would be the consequences if polar bears went extinct? Why did scientists once believe the sun was getting hotter? What does art have to do with history? How can photographers use technology to manipulate perspective? These are all questions generated by the students of Christopher Roth and Katie Resch in response to the New York Times articles and images they studied in their science and art classes — where, Mr. Roth writes, working with The Times has “fundamentally changed” the classroom experience. Below, the two share how they have used the news to reanimate teaching and learning in ways that any teacher could try. Do you teach with The Times? Tell us about it here , or browse our full collection of Reader Ideas . _________ Teachers: Christopher Roth teaches science and Katie Resch teaches visual arts and ceramics. Together, they teach digital photography. Idea: Students make connections between what they learn in school and the “real … [Read more...] about ‘Article Days’ and ‘Aha Moments’ Transform Science and Art Classes

Times Insider delivers behind-the-scenes insights into how news, features and opinion come together at The New York Times. I hadn’t seen my 10-year-old daughter so outraged since I grounded her from Fortnite for a week a few months back. “What do you mean I’m not in the story,” she said. “You wouldn’t have a story to write without me!” Such are the indignities of being a muse to a feature reporter. You inspire ideas, and then are left on the cutting-room floor. An article I wrote for the Style section about children making and delivering PowerPoint slide shows to their parents, in an effort to persuade them to buy stuff or give the O.K. to do things, began in my kitchen. My daughter, Ella, asked me and my husband to sit down and turn our chairs to face the family computer that sits on the kitchen counter. She asked us not to interrupt her until her presentation was complete. “Presentation?” I thought. A presentation delivered … [Read more...] about How My Daughter’s PowerPoint Inspired a Times Article